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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     May, Gregory, 1953- author.     Subjects     Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Will.     Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Estate.     Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia.     Freed persons -- Ohio -- History.     African Americans -- Ohio -- History.     Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.     Probate law and practice -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.     Freed persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      May, Gregory, 1953- author.       by title:      A madman's will : Jo...         MARC Display

A madman's will : John Randolph, 400 slaves, and the mirage of freedom / Gregory May. by May, Gregory, 1953- author. New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] Subjects Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Will.   Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Estate.   Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia.   Freed persons -- Ohio -- History.   African Americans -- Ohio -- History.   Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.   Probate law and practice -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.   Freed persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781324092216 (hardcover) : 1324092211 (hardcover) Description:  xxiii, 382 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Few legal cases in American history are as riveting as the controversy surrounding the will of Virginia Senator John Randolph (1773-1833), which--almost inexplicably--freed all 383 of his slaves in one of the largest and most publicized manumissions in American history. With this groundbreaking investigation, historian Gregory May now reveals a more surprising story, showing how madness and scandal shaped John Randolph's wildly shifting attitudes toward his slaves--and how endemic prejudice in the North ultimately deprived the freedmen of the land Randolph had promised them. Sweeping from the legal spectacle of the contested will through the freedmen's dramatic flight and horrific reception in Ohio, A Madman's Will is an extraordinary saga about the alluring promise of freedom and its tragic limitations"--Provided by publisher   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 306.36209 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.36209 May Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.36209 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 306.36209 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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